Understanding Feelings
I know, if you are a regular reader you might want to know why I got so upset.
Well, I got clarity on it. When I and probably many of you were children we were not allowed to express our feelings. How dare we show any anger, right?
Well, now that I have been so carefully taken care of by God and really only God for so long now, I have a difficult time expressing myself when my feelings get hurt.
I am finally at a place where I can share my feelings with my family.
It's been so long since I've had to connect with my feelings to make sure I'm not looking at a situation from the wrong perspective.
So take my last post for instance... was it the most loving place? probably not. But I was so convicted on the point that I needed to express it. It was a judgment call. It was a gut reaction, not a feelings reaction.
We need to be able to stand up for ourselves as well when we know it isn't a good situation for ourselves. We have to be able to step away from the relationship.
Well, I got clarity on it. When I and probably many of you were children we were not allowed to express our feelings. How dare we show any anger, right?
Well, now that I have been so carefully taken care of by God and really only God for so long now, I have a difficult time expressing myself when my feelings get hurt.
I am finally at a place where I can share my feelings with my family.
It's been so long since I've had to connect with my feelings to make sure I'm not looking at a situation from the wrong perspective.
So take my last post for instance... was it the most loving place? probably not. But I was so convicted on the point that I needed to express it. It was a judgment call. It was a gut reaction, not a feelings reaction.
We need to be able to stand up for ourselves as well when we know it isn't a good situation for ourselves. We have to be able to step away from the relationship.
When we give love we should be able to expect love back... period.
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